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Video: Dale Hunter on his gutsy coaching decisions

Washington Capitals v Buffalo Sabres

BUFFALO, NY - DECEMBER 26: Dale Hunter, head coach of the Washington Capitals watches play from the bench against the Buffalo Sabres at First Niagara Center on December 26, 2011 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

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The Alex Ovechkin ice time question isn’t likely to be on the top of the docket for the press when Washington Capitals head coach Dale Hunter takes the podium tonight, but it’s been an inevitable concern lately. When you employ a player with the NHL’s biggest cap hit and put him on the ice for less than 14 minutes, the questions are going to come.

However you feel about Hunter, he has the courage (or as David Backes might say, the cajones) to do what he thinks is best. Hunter discusses leaning on role players and more in the video from Game 3’s pregame show.